The University of Messina provides Erasmus students with free Italian language courses at the beginning of each semester. 
The course is provided by the University Language Center C.L.A.M. 
The attendance of the course and the final exam assure the students to get till 2 ECTS credits (reported in the Transcript of Records) and the certificate of Attendance, at the end of 40 hours of lessons/semester. Please note that only 25% of absence on the total hours is allowed.